Marijuana is probably America’s biggest cash crop exceeding that of corn and soybeans. And heh, no government subsidies you gotta like that!
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No subsidy?
What do you call all the laws against marijuana?
If MJ were legal, its price would be similar to parsley or basil leaves.
John Henry
BDK,
I am not sure subsidy requires intention.
Without government laws making marijuana illegal, marijuana farming wouldn’t be very profitable at all, given that it’s a fungible good.
Marijuana farmers would then be on the verge of bankruptcy and begging for government handouts just like all the other farmers.
“Without government laws making marijuana illegal, marijuana farming wouldn’t be very profitable at all, given that it’s a fungible good.
Marijuana farmers would then be on the verge of bankruptcy and begging for government handouts just like all the other farmers.”
The farmers, sure. But the trade? No.
Look at the alcohol and tobacco businesses. Those companies are cash cows.
Ben M, contrary to generic drugs propaganda and myth, pot dealing is not dominated by very-steady-businessmen on the street corners. Kleiman’s model of “grudging toleration” presented in his book Against Excess and also in a Daedalus essay, is basically a rehash of the recommendations of the Nixon-appointed 1972 National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse.
Marijuana wold surely also be branded. There’s a world of difference between the high-end marijuana grown in British Columbia or Humboldt County and ditchweed or even the average homegrown product.
Just hold on long enough and marijuana will be legalized-remember how
years ago there was no gambling? Or going to the WalMart on Sundays?
Governments can’t resist forever new sources of revenue. It seems that the
scare tactics of the current administration are still up to par-comparing
marijuana to cocaine and heroin.
Marijuana will not be legal any time soon. If it was legal the prison industrial complex would lose too much revenue.
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I actually read about that too. California is seriously thinking about legalizing marijuana and the financial reason behind it seems to be legit. Imagine a minimum of 6 billions/years coming only from marijuana growing business… That is an impressive number. Narconon
I think whether it is legal or not it will remain the gateway drug. If it is legal more people will do it. If more people do it, more people will eventually require a residential drug rehab.
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